Ensnared in Black-and-White

Metropolitan Opera premieres have been prone to additional drama lately, and Mariusz Treliński’s new production of Tchaikovsky’s “Iolanta” (1892) and Bartók’s “Bluebeard’s Castle” (1918) was no exception. The Jan. 26 opening was canceled, along with everything else in New York City, in anticipation of the great blizzard that wasn’t. The show went on as planned on Thursday, but with a bit of unscheduled theater: During the “Iolanta” curtain call, a protester climbed onto the stage, unfurled a banner castigating...